VPNs top App Store charts as UK age verification kicks in
www.bbc.co.uk
Experts say free versions of such apps or services may carry potential security and privacy risks.

… Who would have thought?

  • HexesofVexes@lemmy.world
    14·
    3 days ago

    Fun fact, you have to go into an account and verify you’re of legal age for most big phone networks in the UK before they’ll let you see adult content.

    Simple on/off switch for the account with parental settings.

    The whole protect the kids thing? Absolute fabrication.

    • Nighed@feddit.ukOPEnglish
      5·
      3 days ago

      Doesn’t stop them connecting to WiFi at the local coffee shop though. Plenty of open WiFi networks around with very little filtering on them.

  • LunaChocken@programming.dev
    14·
    3 days ago

    Yup.

    At least the petition has 300,000 votes now at least.

    Though I think I might see if I can get a cheap vps off lowendbox just to mess with

    • Nighed@feddit.ukOPEnglish
      3·
      3 days ago

      That’s probably better than a commercial VPN, we know that their IPs get blocked. Depends how scared companies are of the regulator.

  • Cosmoooooooo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    81·
    3 days ago

    So the VPN companies make money, and everything remains the same. Except for the people that can’t afford VPN’s. So, it’s just fuck the poor. One more thing they need to make a monthly payment to, that they can’t afford to.